Coiled Newspaper Dish

The recycled magazine page dish was such a hit, I thought I would take a crack at similar project I spied at a local fair trade store.  This time I used folded newspaper strips to make coils, and attached them with crochet thread as shown in the pictures.  Again, a practically free, unique handmade gift idea.  Just remember that these projects are time consuming, so if you want a stock pile by Christmas, get started yesterday.

For instructions on how to make the strips and coil them, see this post.  Attach 13 one inch coils side by side with crochet thread or other durable string like the pic below.  I used a large, blunt yarn needle to push the thread between the “rings” of the coils.

The lid is composed of 1 large coil with a slight upward curve from outside edge inward, and 2 smaller coils as shown.  I attached the vertical small coil to the horizontal small coil then hot glued that to the large coil…

The bottom of the dish is made from one large coil that curves downward from its outer edge to the center, a medium and small coil.   Make the largest coil’s diameter the same as the lid and as the circle formed by the 13 side coils.  I just kept coiling til everything fit together.  Not to scientific.  The bottom coils are all attached to one another with hot glue.

That is really it.  Don’t forget to mod podge or otherwise seal your coils.  I like to do this before attaching them to one another.  I let them dry overnight and then assemble.  I supposed you could attach them and then seal.  I am soooo obsessed with paper strips!  Off to see what else I can conjure up with them.